South Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been removed from office after the country’s constitutional court voted unanimously to uphold parliament’s decision to impeach him over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in December.
After weeks of deliberations and growing concerns about the future of South Korea’s democracy, all eight justices voted to strip Yoon of his presidential powers.
The ruling means that the acting president, Han Duck-soo, will remain in office until South Koreans elect a new leader within 60 days.
In a written message to the country’s “beloved citizens” following his removal from office, Yoon said it had been “a great honour” to serve as president.
View image in fullscreen Impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol at an earlier hearing in Seoul Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/AP.
A Gallup Korea poll released last week showed 60% of South Koreans said he should be permanently removed from office.
Yoon became the second South Korean president to be removed from office through impeachment after Park Geun-hye in 2017. »
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